A Hull man is begging council officials for the grass verge outside his home to be cut after it grew to "five feet tall".

Ronald Foster, of Rockford Avenue, east Hull, says Hull City Council used to cut the grass "at least three times a year" but in the past two years, this has changed to just the once.

Mr Foster, 73, said: "It is becoming an eyesore. It is a disgrace. We have a tenfoot at the back of our house and the grass verge is just past that but it is now growing into the tenfoot and we can't get into it and there are weeds everywhere.

"I've reported it over and over again and have written to councillors and no one sorts it out."

Ronald has had enough of the overgrown grass verges and weeds growing on the pavements. He said the council are not cutting the grass or attending to the weeds down his street (Image: Jerome Ellerby)

Mr Foster said the problem of the overgrown verge is now becoming a dumping ground for flytippers.

He said: "People are starting to dump stuff there now. Someone has gone and dumped a washing machine there. I honestly do not know where to go anymore it has been going on for the past three years now.

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"Once a year is not enough. If we are not careful we will end up with the Japanese Knotweed. It is just neglect. It isn't good enough."

Mr Foster said the grass has grown to be around "five feet tall" and says it is dangerous to the children walking across it to get to Malet Lambert School.

He said: "There are nettles everywhere. No one wants to walk through that. I just wish they would do something, people are disgusted when they see it. It is awful and I just think it is terrible that we have to live in a place like this.

He said he has reported it 'over and over again' (Image: Jerome ellerby)

"It isn't a scruffy area but it makes it look derelict.

"We pay enough council tax to get it done. I've lived down here for ten years and they used to do it at least three times a year and for the past two years they've been doing it once. It hasn't been done since November."